Capitoline Hill. Painting
by Michelangelo

Lenormana sent her a confidential reply, “Within one
month it shall happen, though it should not. Try to be brave. This had to
happen, it cannot be helped”. And, within a month, Josephine and Napolean
were divorce.

Another interesting episode. In 1804, a painter came from Sweden to Paris
to make some purchase. Out of curiosity, he went to Lenormana to know
his future. Lenormana asked him, “If demand 10,000 francs for the
prophesy that I am going to make about you, will you still show me your
hand? It is worth that amount.”